Undergraduate Course: Design: Ethical Issues (THET10056)
Course Outline
| School | School of Divinity |
College | College of Humanities and Social Science |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 10 (Year 3 Undergraduate) |
Availability | Available to all students |
| SCQF Credits | 20 |
ECTS Credits | 10 |
| Summary | This course explores some of the practical issues faced by modern makers and designers and develops a corresponding theoretical account in conversation with contemporary religious ethics and moral philosophy. |
| Course description |
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
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Other requirements | None |
Information for Visiting Students
| Pre-requisites | None |
Course Delivery Information
| Not being delivered |
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- After successful completion of this course, a student will have:
(1) described critical paradigms in contemporary design theory and contrasted these with ethical arguments drawn from Christian ethical reasoning;
(2) engaged critically with primary texts in aesthetics, design, and medical ethics, and judiciously engaged secondary literature;
(3) developed an ethical approach to design in a specific professional context;
(4) written three essays, including a design review, ethical case study, and synthetic essay on ethical issues of design and manufacture engaging with both primary and relevant secondary literature;
(5) discussed texts and "designed" works critically in seminars, oral presentation, and plenary discussion with other members of the class;
(6) demonstrated an ability to identify key terms and their meanings;
(7) demonstrated good judgement about how to judge the relative importance of items on course bibliographies.
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Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
Not entered |
| Keywords | Design, craft, engineering ethics, medical ethics, ethics, religion, ecological design. |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Jeremy Kidwell
Tel: (0131 6)50 7975
Email: Jeremy.Kidwell@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Ms Katrina Munro
Tel: (0131 6)50 8900
Email: Kate.Munro@ed.ac.uk |
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